In my opinion Dru is the best all around player on the team. Scoring, rebounding, defending, ball handling and toughness... he is an asset in all of those categories. My biggest concern about the time without Dru is ballhandling. If Boo and Dru are both out, that leaves KJ on an island. UNI is not an extremely athletic team (plus we were at home) and KJ had to work hard to bring the ball up. This leads me to this question... who steps in if KJ needs assistance in bringing the ball up or gets in foul trouble?

kyace1 wrote:In my opinion Dru is the best all around player on the team. Scoring, rebounding, defending, ball handling and toughness... he is an asset in all of those categories. My biggest concern about the time without Dru is ballhandling. If Boo and Dru are both out, that leaves KJ on an island. UNI is not an extremely athletic team (plus we were at home) and KJ had to work hard to bring the ball up. This leads me to this question... who steps in if KJ needs assistance in bringing the ball up or gets in foul trouble?

I have not seen Frederking bring the ball up... he might be a good option. RT makes me nervous if he has to run the point. He seems a little shaky with ball pressure. Just hope KJ has no foul trouble or Boo is able to go.

kyace1 wrote:In my opinion Dru is the best all around player on the team. Scoring, rebounding, defending, ball handling and toughness... he is an asset in all of those categories. My biggest concern about the time without Dru is ballhandling. If Boo and Dru are both out, that leaves KJ on an island. UNI is not an extremely athletic team (plus we were at home) and KJ had to work hard to bring the ball up. This leads me to this question... who steps in if KJ needs assistance in bringing the ball up or gets in foul trouble?

I agree that we are a little shaky in the ball handling department with both our primary ball handlers out. Certainly guys like Frederking and Ryan have to handle more of these duties. And like previously mentioned Blake is a capable ball handler. Depth at the point guard position is being tested. In the long run this will make us a better team - hopefully this year as well.